Empathy, Identity, Change, Culture:
Communities Around the World
Guiding Questions
How do communities change over time?
How is time measured within a historical perspective?
What do BC and AD stand for/mean?
Why are traditions different across the world?
What is a timeline? Why are they used?
Theme/Content Skills
World communities change over time.
Calendar time can be measured in terms of years, decades, centuries, millenia, using BC and AD as reference points.
Events and eras can be displayed on timelines.
Families in world communities differ from place to place.
Beliefs, customs, and traditions in world communities are learned from others and may differ from place to place.
Key Terms
decade, century, millenia, B.C., A.D., timeline, era, ancient
Holidays
Halloween
Columbus Day
Student Outcomes
Students will identify dates by whether they took place before or after the birth of Jesus Christ.
Students will describe historical times in terms of years, decades and centuries.
Students will recognize that communities change and some things do stay the same.
Students will recognize that people live in communities.
Students will recognize that different cultural groups have different traditions, even within the same community.
Students will sequence events in chronological order.
Students will use a timeline to identify time periods.
Assessment/Project
Create a timeline for the USA, the world, or NYC. Use their birthdate as a midpoint and show two decades before and after that reference point.
Create a time capsule.
KWL of communites (Who, What, Where, Why)
Make a string timeline: Each student will use a ball of string, ruler and ribbon. The students will measure the length of the string long enough to show a millenia, century or decade. Each year will equal one inch. Place different ribbon markers on the string to show one year, decade, century, etc.
Resources for Students
The Milkman's Boy by Donald Hall School in Grandma's Day by Valerie Weber Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice by Sylvia Rosa-Casanova
Resources for Teachers
Harcourt Brace Activity Book p.68: "Understanding Time Periods"
p. 1: "My Community"
p. 4: "Celebrate"
p. 68
Grade: 3rd
Month: October
Main Concept
Empathy, Identity, Change, Culture:Communities Around the World
Guiding Questions
Theme/Content Skills
Key Terms
decade, century, millenia, B.C., A.D., timeline, era, ancient
Holidays
HalloweenColumbus Day
Student Outcomes
Assessment/Project
Resources for Students
The Milkman's Boy by Donald HallSchool in Grandma's Day by Valerie Weber
Mama Provi and the Pot of Rice by Sylvia Rosa-Casanova
Resources for Teachers
Harcourt Brace Activity Book p.68: "Understanding Time Periods"p. 1: "My Community"
p. 4: "Celebrate"
p. 68
Harcourt Brace , Unit 5, Chapter 9, p.313
Field Trip Suggestions
community walk